IRRI Rights in Exile Newsletter: March issue
The November issue of the International Refugee Rights Initiative’s Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter (formerly the Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter) is out. Find the full newsletter .
In this issue:
ARTICLES
Rwandan Refugees in Congo in Search of Protection
Exporting human rights obligations: Israel’s “voluntary departures” put lives in danger
High Court Strikes Down Cap on the Number of Refugees in Kenya; Other Damaging Provisions Remain
Current soft law initiatives relating to business and human rights do not prepare extractive companies for the adverse impacts their operations may have on the stateless Rohingya of Myanmar
Couple separated from child after immigration consultant provides bad advice
NEWS
News on countries of origin
News on countries of asylum
Detention and deportation news
SHORT PIECES
Rethinking migrant rescue: An idea that has already worked
CAMEROON: Pilot Refugee Rights Training for North West Lawyers
Country of asylum profile: Panama
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project reacts to Texas ruling delaying Obama immigration plan
Cyprus: 40 Palestinian refugees from the refugee camp in Kokkinotrimithia arrested and deported to Government-controlled areas
UNHCR urges Europe to recreate a robust search and rescue operation on Mediterranean, as Operation Triton lacks resources and mandate needed for saving lives
As violence spreads beyond Nigeria, UNHCR calls for urgent access to the displaced
Attorney shares her side of the story after winning asylum for a woman who fled domestic abuse
Immigration: replace the migration security complex with an ‘integration industry’
Launch of FlüchtlingsforschungsBlog, a German language blog by Netzwerk Flüchtlingsforschung (Refugee Research Network)
CASE NOTES
Correct understanding of Article 3 requirements: BB, PP, W, U & Ors v SSHD
Norwegian Supreme Court: HR-2015-00206-A, (sak nr. 2014/1583), sivil sak, anke over dom
Belgium Council for Alien Law Litigation (CALL), 6 November 2014, No 132 866
Belgium Council for Alien Law Litigation (CALL), 23 October 2014, No 131 887
LETTERS TO THE EDITORS
Refugee Contribution: Detention protest in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Dr Barbara Harrell-Bond: Food for thought from a Rwandan refugee
Seeking Asylum in Karnes City
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Conferences and workshops
Calls for papers
Grants & Awards: Fully-funded, three year post-doctoral fellowship at Hertford College, University of Oxford, Oxford
Vacancies
Publications & Resources